Real Estate Listings Near Ada and Roff Oklahoma
A series of farm and home properties for sale around Ada Roff Vanoss and Pontotoc county. Listings include acreages from 10 to 240 acres with details on houses, barns water wells creeks and timber pasture. Prices range from 25 to 125 per acre with terms and cash options.
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Ada
Springbreak Bottom
Roff
Vanoss
Center
Norschool
15Th Street
Price
Center School House
Pontotoc County
Walter Floyd
Will Weaver
John Paine
Steedman
Paradoxes of Prohibition in the 1919 Era
A critical 1919 ponder on prohibition argues it was unnecessary and misused. It claims church and state branded drinkers, notes lawmakers rushed legal shifts, cites public apathy, and condemns how prohibition shaped policy, economy, and war-time governance.
Spannell Faces Final Stage In Alpine Murder Trial
The Spannell murder case returns to the jury for the third time as lawyers outline final arguments over the 1916 slayings of Col. M C Butler and Mrs. Spannell at Alpine Texas. Spannell, once a Baylor music instructor, seeks acquittal after earlier trials and reversals involving his wife’s death and Butler’s murder.
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Brownwood
Tex
Harry J. Spannell
Col. M. C. Butler
Spanell
Alpine
Texas
Col. Butler
Spannell
Baylor University
Waco
John R. Holland
M. C. Butler
South Carolina
Regular Army
Aerial Mail Service Demands Spread Across Southern Cities
The Associated Press reports a surge of requests from over 125 cities for expanded aerial mail. Postmaster General Burleson weighs two new routes, including Atlanta to Washington and New York, and a St Louis to New Orleans line via Chicago, with stops at Memphis Vicksburg and Cairo. Cities listed include Oklahoma towns Alva Altus Bartlesville Chickasha Enid El Reno Hobart Lawton Mangum Muskogee Oklahoma City Tulsa Woodward and Arkansas Fort Smith Little Rock and Texas Austin Dallas Corsicana Temple.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Memphis
Vicksburg
Cairo
Illinois
Congress
Burleson
Alva
Altus
Bartlesville
Chickasha
Enid
el Reno
Hobart
Lawton
Ada Man Bud Ellison Promotes Dr Cunningham Catarrh Jelly
Ada man Bud Ellison runs a small Broad way eatery and markets Dr Cunningham Catarrh Jelly. He has drawn attention with affidavits from farmers attesting its cure for long standing catarrh and he foresees a future factory and fortune despite no advertising campaign yet. In Pontotoc County Oklahoma a separate probate notice announces a hearing March 11 1920 on the estate of Steward Wright with guardianship and inheritance claims.
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Ada
Bud Ellison
Broadway
Bud
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Steward Wright
State of
Islan Wright
Judie Wilson
Lewis
Benjie Sam Nee Wright
Mary Wright
Ollie Wright
Robt
E. Lee
Mary
Dora Burns
Frank Wright
Wright
A. D
Orel Busby
State of Oklahoma
H. V. Lewis
Poteau
Okla
Pontotoc County Bond Election for Court House Jan 24
Pontotoc county voters will decide January 24 on a 200000 bond to build a county court house and jail. Officials cite costly rents, fire risk to records, and ongoing maintenance as reasons for funding a new facility. County commissioners set the election after a petition from citizens.
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Stonewall News
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Ambassador Arrives Unannounced in Washington
Unnamed self styled ambassador to the United States arrives in Washington without notice. He provides a brief history of peace and life in Russia as the senate committee investigates Bolshevik propaganda and its American connections.
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Ammbassador
Associated Press
Washington
Martin
United States
Sigera
Russia
Senate
Acs
Rhodes Brashears Tie Knot at Johnson Home Wedding
Acalee Rhodes and Iva Brashears wed yesterday evening at the Johnson home on West Sth Street. Justice Anderson officiated as the groom from Roff and the bride from Ada formalized their marriage.
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Rhodes-Brashears
Acalee Rhodes
Iva Brashears
Johnson
West Sth
Justice Anderson
Roff
Ada
How Much Is a Man Worth at 36, Anyway
In Muskogee on January 17 a federal court suit seeks 50 000 damages for the death of I E Cope at a zinc plant near Henryetta The administrator Lee Davenport claims Cope earned 1600 a year with a life expectancy of 30 7 years and the widow and children deserve 50 000 for the loss.
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Muskogee
Lee Davenport
I. E. Cope
Henryetta
Cope
Unions Voice Kickback to Kansas Court Bill Blessing
Bill White states unions will bless the Kansas industrial court bill, but argues such blessing is not permitted to be transmitted through the mails and objects to union labor interference.
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Bill White
Kansas, Industrial
Globe to Open Here by Early March in Ada
H B Wilenzick of Red Oak plans to open The Globe in Ada by March 1 occupying the former Mounts Cash Store building on East Main. The store will offer dry goods and ready to wear with stock ready for opening and purchases already underway in preparation.
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H. B. Wilenzick
Red Oak
The
Globe
Wilenzick
East Main
Mount’s
C. H. Rives
Ooma State Bank
Okla
Ada
Pontotoc County
Suit Against Cement Company Is Dismissed
Judge A L Bullock dismissed the case of W W Faggs vs Oklahoma Portland Cement Co after sustaining a demurrer to the evidence. The suit claimed $13000 for dust damage to a home and farm caused by cement mills. Trial spanned about two days with defense counsel J F McKee for the company and B C Wigton for the plaintiff. The Montagu bill granting gradual home rule to India passed the House of Commons on third reading.
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A. L. Bullock
W. W. Faggs
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
J. F. McKeei
B. C. Wi Gton
Montagu
India
House of Commons
Okmulgee Schools to Pay Teachers 12 Months in Year
Okmulgee City schools plan a twelve month salary basis starting July 1 1920 with a three year rotation. Teachers will teach summer sessions every third year attend summer school and have recreation and travel time. Salaries range from 1200 to 2750 dollars. contracts require one month service before pay.
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Gordon
Normal School
Okmulgee
Superintendent of Schools and
Board of Education
Praef
Ose
Reds Will Return They Say
The Burford arrived at Hango Finland with 249 radicals deported from America. Leaders Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman announced they will not stay in Russia and will return to America to “save it.” The Russians claim the frontier was closed by the States Labor Bureau and immigration authorities.
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Hango
Finland
United States Army
Burford
America
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Russia
States Labor Bureau and Immigration
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North Broadway
West Side Street
Guaranty State Bank
Fred F. Brydia
Ada, Okla
Joseph T. Griffin
Church
Army
Navy
Anti-saloon League
General Pershing
France
Supreme Court
Germany
lIt
Malaprop
Sons of the People
Europe
United States Congress
Harry J. Spannel
Renee Ne
Mena
A. L. Bowles
First National Bank
Col
J. W. Davis Criés
Eperience
Ence
Ada Marble and Granite Works
Granville Montgomery
Cement Company
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